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Finding PowerApps to be extremely unintuitive in many ways. Basic functionality we had 20 years ago completely absent, e.g. rich text formatting, 'select all' options, etc.

Could anyone possibly tell me why in the year 2025 there still is not a way to bulk edit form controls? Specifically, I have forms with e.g. 80 fields. The data cards are generated automatically when I select a SharePoint list as my data source. Great. But the formatting is all default.

Is there any way (I'm 99% there is not) to edit the formatting for all the datacard keys at once?

Either by selecting multiple datacard keys, or editing the form's code, or setting a default formatting, or whatever?

Is it really necessary for me to go through 50-something forms, often with 50-80 fields, and edit the formatting for each one individually? Madness!

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Hey @RB-23071539-0, here’s a cleaner way to do it:

Export the form’s view code (YAML/JSON).
Feed it to an AI and ask it to spot repeating control types—DatePickers, TextInputs, ComboBoxes, etc.—and bundle each type into its own template.
Have the AI generate a small Python script (easy to follow) that applies your styling to each template.
Adjust the template as you like, run the script to rebuild the full form code, then re-import.

Instead of clicking through 80 cards, you tweak one template and regenerate the entire form in seconds if not minutes, and you can dump it back.

Also, a quick heads-up: when you re-import(pasting back) that regenerated file, Power Apps might throw a “webpage is unresponsive” warning. Just hit “Continue” or give it a few seconds -it usually finishes loading your updated form without any issues.

It’s ridiculously faster gives you pixel-perfect consistency, and when you want to tweak the look later, you just tweak your Python template instead of hunting through dozens of forms. Until Microsoft builds a real “bulk edit” feature, this code-driven shortcut is a lifesaver for me.